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Capt Tom Moore - now Sir Tom - raised £32.8m for NHS charities So what's the money being spent on?

"In the NHS there hasn't really been money for things like that - not luxury items, but things that aren't necessarily essential," she says."They will make a big difference."

About 250 miles away, the funds have been used to open a free pop-up staff shop in London's Charing Cross Hospital. A&E matron Emma Tippins says being able to pick up a can of Coke during a break from a 14-hour shift has made a"huge difference". "All the kindness that we've been experiencing has had such a positive impact," she says."Something that is so little like popping to a shop on your way home is just a bit too much sometimes."Laura Thomson says staff need to take breaks from the 'hamster wheel'

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